Cookie Policy - JoGuru Inc.

Last updated 23 May 2018

This Cookie Policy explains how JoGuru Inc. ("TripHobo", "we", "us", and "ours") use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at www.triphobo.com, ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, TripHobo) are called "first party cookies". These cookies help us recognize your browser as a previous visitor and remember any preferences you may have set while browsing our site. For e.g., cookies might be used to remember your registration information on signing up on our site so that you need not log into our site every time you visit. Please note that user IDs, passwords and any other account related data included in such cookies are encrypted for security purposes.

Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

Essential website cookies:

These are necessary cookies, without which the Site won't work properly or be able to provide certain features and functionalities. Some of these may be manually disabled in your browser but may affect the functionality of the Site.

  • How to refuse: Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Websites to you, you cannot refuse them. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings however, as described below under the heading "How can I control cookies?".

Performance and functionality cookies:

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.

Analytics and customization cookies:

Analytics cookies monitor how users reached the Site, and how they interact with and move around once on the Site. These cookies let us know what features on the Site are working the best and what features on the Site can be improved.

We may also allow certain business partners to place these cookies/technologies on the TripHobo platform. These partners use these technologies to:

  • assist us in analyzing how you use the TripHobo Platform, for e.g., by determining which third party online service you have come from
  • to assist us in fraud detection or prevention, or to conduct risk assessments, or
  • to collect information about your activities on the TripHobo platform and on other websites and / or the advertisements you have clicked on

For e.g., to better understand how the TripHobo platform is used, we work with a number of analysis partners, including Google Analytics, together. To prevent Google Analytics from using your data for analysis purposes, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by clicking click here.

Advertising cookies:

Advertising cookies are placed on your computer by advertisers and ad servers in order to display advertisements that are most likely to be of interest to you. These cookies allow advertisers and ad servers to gather information about your visits to the Site and other websites, alternate the ads sent to a specific computer, and track how often an ad has been viewed and by whom. This also helps market and promote TripHobo services on third-party websites. These cookies are linked to a computer and do not gather any personal information about you.

Triphobo.com generates its revenue through affiliate marketing. Triphobo.com and its affiliate partners use tracking cookies of various durations for attributing marketing commissions to TripHobo.com.

We also offer personalized shopping experiences and advertising through Intent Media, which uses online identifiers to identify visitors. To view Intent Media’s privacy policy, click here. To opt out, click here.

Social networking cookies:

These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Websites through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

Our Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations.

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. Consult the website https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ for simple instructions on how to manage cookies on different browsers. Please note that if you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.

You can also find more information on cookies, including how to see which cookies have been placed on your device and how to manage and delete them, on websites such as http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com or http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or https://www.google.com/settings/ads.

Third party social plugins

TripHobo may use social plugins provided and operated by third parties, such as Facebook. This means that you may be giving these third party service providers information about the area of ​​the TripHobo you are currently viewing. If you are not logged into your external account with the third party service provider, your identity may not be known. If you are logged in to your external account, you may be able to link information related to your activities on our platform to your external account. For more information about the data practices of these third-party service providers, see their privacy policy.

How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at privacy@triphobo.com